Let's Dish!

I'm joining Kathleen's Let's Dish party! Thanks to Kathleen for hosting. Click on her name for lots more fun and inspiration.

I'm trying to get my creative juices flowing again. I almost gave up with this tablescape. I started with these bright yellow salad plates I found at TJ Maxx a few months ago.
They are made in Portugal and were only $2.99 each, so I succumbed and bought them!
I had planned to do an all yellow and white tablescape. First I used a different tablecloth and a different centerpiece, but it just didn't have the pizzazz I was hoping for. I didn't even take any pictures due to my disappointment. After a few days I decided to change the tablecloth and used this one. I bought it at an estate sale a year or so ago.

It is a beautiful and unusual shaped tablecloth.

Next I decided to add more colors to the yellow and white theme.

A friend gave me these lily plates several years ago:

There's four different colors, yellow lilies above, and blue below:

Peach lilies:

and purple:

I must admit I was surprised how well they all go with the bright yellow!
I did a different centerpiece, had to make a trip to Michael's to look for some lilies (no fresh ones anywhere) They didn't have the color I wanted, I had to settle for white, but I added a few others silks and voila! It's pretty!

I already had that little bright yellow birdie:

and the bright yellow vase:

I know some people call themselves "silk flower snobs" and never use the silk, only fresh flowers, but I love the silks and they last forever!! LOL! I may be bragging, but I don't think fresh flowers could look any prettier than these do!

The next surprise I had was this:

While sitting across the room I saw the design in the tablecloth, and couldn't believe my eyes - the flower design in the tablecloth is a lily design!!

Can you believe it?! How neat is that!!

Now I started getting really excited about this tablescape! Believe me I needed this, as I have been in a decorating slump lately. My sister is still with us, she is even doing better! PTL! I think I've felt I shouldn't be having fun with decorating and blogging when she is so sick, but this has been good therapy for me and my sadness about her.

Thanks to all of you who left such sweet messages on my last post about my sister! They are so appreciated and made me feel better. Thanks, also for your prayers!
I'm thanking our Lord for this gift, I believe He helped me put this all together after I prayed about what to do!
I had forgotten about this tablecloth, it was hanging in the guest room closet (along with the red tablecloth I thought I had lost!)

The bright colors have cheered me up so much!
It is much brighter than it looks in these pictures.

I hope you enjoyed this tablescape as much as we are enjoying it here!


Yellow polka dot place mats were purchased a few years ago, I've forgotten where I found them, probably TJ Maxx. The white dinner plates are from Dollar Tree many years ago! The "crystal" goblets are from Dollar Tree as well. The yellow vase is from Home Goods, last year. I made the yellow polka dot napkins. The white ceramic napkin rings have a floral design on the other side, but I like the all white backs better with this theme!

Have a happy day,

God Bless,

Tablescape Thursday

Today’s tablescape is a little different. Inspiration for this tablescape came from these two toys I bought for our granddaughter.
I had planned to surprise her with a Belle Tea Party when she comes to visit us. Problem is – they don’t come to visit us!! When they come to Florida they don’t come to our house to stay with us, they go straight to Disney World for the week. Disney World is about two hours from our house. We are invited to go visit them there. This can be fun (and exhausting) but I would like to have our granddaughter come to our house to have memories of being in our home, etc! I’ve bought several things to do with her when they visit our house. She is now four years old, we haven’t had a tea party with her in our house yet.

So I'm having the tea party now and hope to someday be able to re-stage it if they will come here!
When I saw both of these Belle tea party tea sets, including the Belle as a child doll, I knew I wanted them for Elisabeth, who is a girly-girl, and enjoys girly things!
Mrs. Potts, the tea pot, and Chip, the tea cup has a place of honor as part of the centerpiece, along with the sugar bowl and faux sugar cubes.
A metal shabby chic plant stand is used for the table, with a cocktail napkin as the table cloth.

Mrs. Potts

Mrs. Potts is adorable, when you tip her to pour you push the knob on the lid and it makes a gurgling sound as you pour the “tea.” Belle sings several sweet songs.

The "plastic" tea slips just so far from the tea pot (then retracts back inside the spout when the tea pot is upright again!

Belle and Chip

The Tablescape

I used my yellow Fiesta dishes on a pale yellow tablecloth.

Yellow rose napkin rings on yellow napkins.

The little Beauty and the Beast plates top off the dessert plates.

Yellow handled flatware is used.

I took many pictures before I remembered my fresh yellow roses (a Valentine's gift from my husband!) They are perfect for the centerpiece!

Right?

Chip and Mrs. Potts ornaments are iridescent, the picture doesn't show the real beauty.

Belle
and

Mrs. Potts

Invite you to join them

Thanks to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting Tablescape Thursday, click on her name for more inspiration.

I'm also linking to Lady Katherine's Tea Party Tuesday. Click on her name for lots more inspiration.

Thanks for visiting!